The slaughter of dogs from an unauthorized slaughterhouse violates the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 7 Section 1. Further, electrocution as a method of slaughter is internationally recognized as an inherently cruel method of slaughter and banned globally. Therefore, the routine slaughter of dogs by butchers and farmers by these methods violates the Act. Inflicting injury or death to any animal by the following means: battery by tools, exposure to drugs, exposure to extreme heat or fire, electrocution, and drowning is subject to legal punishment. The slaughter of dogs by electrocution violates the Animal Protection Act, Article 8, Section 1, Clause 1. The act of slaughtering a dog without a justifiable ground – such as out of necessity for veterinary treatment or in circumstances of immediate threat, harm, or damage to human life or property, is a violation. The act of slaughtering dogs for human consumption violates the Animal Protection Act Article 8, Section 1, Clause 4. The excrement produced at dog meat farms causes environmental damage to the immediate and surrounding area. The unauthorized collection of food waste and the act of feeding it to dogs in the meat trade violates this regulation.Įxcrement and resulting environmental damage produced as a by-product of the illegal dog meat farm violates the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta Article 11. Suppliers of food waste and transporters of food waste to dog meat farms are violating this regulation.įood waste fed to dogs in the dog meat trade violates the Control of Livestock and Fish Feed Act, Article 14, Section 1 & 2. The unauthorized processing of food waste fed to dogs in the meat trade violates the Wastes Control Act, Article 15-2, Article 25, Section 3. We request that an official document be issued mandating that the following existing Korean laws be enforced by its government officials, police, and judges: We ask you to take immediate action to stop the illegal dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants serving dog meat in your city. There are laws in South Korea against selling dogs and cats for human consumption, yet these laws are routinely and blatantly ignored.ĭear Mayor Park Won-Soon and the members of the Seoul Metropolitan Council, Please watch this undercover video by animal rights activists in South Korea. We all ask a lot of them - they serve us in innumerable ways: farm work, war work, police, and guard duties, search and rescue, help for the disabled, guiding and guardianship, and, of course, as our loving and trusting companions.ĭogs were first domesticated thousands of years ago, and so much do they want to be part of our ‘human’ family that they have learned to understand our gestures and language - the language of another species- showing remarkable willingness and intelligence. We know how loyal and faithful our dogs across the world are. South Korea is the home to global companies, such as Hyundai, Kia, Samsung, LG, Daewoo, SK, and POSCO, which is why it is so shocking that an estimated 2.5 million dogs are tortured and slaughtered every year within South Korea, because of the greed of dog eaters and the dog meat industry while the majority of those Koreans, who don’t participate in this offensive trade, show a profound indifference by doing nothing at all to stop it. The searches resulted in hundreds of Health Centers and restaurants in the vicinity of Seoul.Įven if half of these ‘Health’ Food Shops and restaurants serve dog and cat ‘ingredients’ in one form or another, imagine how many dog/cat slaughterhouses must be present in and around Seoul to supply these outlets. Shown below are two search results on Naver (the most popular search engine in Korea) – the first one was for so-called “Health Centers,” which commonly sell dog elixirs and cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju) and the second one was for “dog meat restaurants.” There is plentiful evidence that the illegal dog meat industry exists in Seoul. In addition, many abandoned and stolen former pets end up in this industry and are subject to the same cruelty. In many places, dogs are being killed in full view of other terrified, caged dogs this takes place in public and in broad daylight. In Seoul, there are countless dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants where the dogs, who have been tortured their entire lives, end up being slaughtered in the most inhumane ways, such as by electrocution, hanging, or beating and then thrown into boiling water – sometimes while they are still alive. Seoul, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog meat farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants.Ĭlick here for more actions you can take: Video: Urgent Action Alert! Forest fire in Uljin burns dogs imprisoned in dog meat farms.
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